Physiological and genetic correlates of boldness: Characterising the mechanisms of behavioural variation in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-74

  Thomson, Jack S ^a   Watts, Phillip C ^a   Pottinger, Tom G ^b   Sneddon, Lynne U ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boldness; Cortisol; HPI axis; Novel object; Oncorhynchus mykiss; QRT PCR; Stress coping styles

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BOLDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CORRELATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UPREGULATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; RISK-TAKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78651453807     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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